Shutter-worker



(ModeL) S. KENNEDY.-

SHUTTER WORKER.

No. 339,303. Pate nted Apr. 6, 1886.

W 3 lNVENTEI %/7Z/XMM* Darren STATES PATENT OFFICEa SYLVESTER KENNEDY,OF GAP, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHUTTER-WORKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,303, dated April 6,1886.

Application filed July 7, 1885. Serial No. 170.868. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it'known that I, SYLvEsrER KENNEDY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gap, in the county of Lancaster and State of Penn sylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in XVindow Shutters andFlxings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, as set forth in the annexed specificationand accompanying drawings and lettering explaining the same.

My invention relates to an improved method for opening and closingshutters, in which the shutters, resting upon a bearing-rod,are moved toand fro by means of hand-levers; and the object of my improvement is tooperate the shutters from the inside of the room without opening thewindow. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical inside View ofthe de vice with the shutter 13 partly open; Fig. 2, a vertical sectionthrough ac x of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a horizontal section through 3 ;1 ofFig. 1; Fig. i, an outside vertical view of a portion of the lower partof the device; Fig. 5, a side view of the staple connecting the shutterand the bearing-rod, and Fig. 6 a top view of the lever.

Similar letters referto similar parts throughout the several views.

The frame A is of the usual construction. 0n the outside of the lowersill there is secured a horizontal bearing-rod, H, which supports theshutters B B. The bottoms of the shutters are provided with rollers I,having concave peripheries, which rest upon the rod H, and these rollersare prevented from becoming disengaged from the rod by means of staplesG, which embrace said rod and are secured to the sides of the loweredges of the shutters.

To protect the upper edges of the shutters from the weather and holdthem in position, there is a plate, E, fastened to the top of the frame,which covers the shutters, having a flange, e, embracing said upperedges. The weather-plate K, under the sash, is provided with openings ateither end, which serve as the fulcrums Z for the hand-levers C. Theselevers, serving as the means by which the shutters are actuated, havetheir inner arms running along the inside of the sash toward the centerthereof when the shutters are closed, while the outer arms extend towardthe inner edges of the shutters, and by means of slots 0 in their endsengage long vertical staples D there secured in the shutters. The endsof the lever-arms, which engage the staples D, are curved somewhatdownward in order to give a better bearing for the endsofthe slotcagainst the staple.

From the foregoing description the operation of my device will bereadily understood. The raising of the hand-lever by means of the outerarm and the staple D pushes the shutter open, while the reverse movementcloses it.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- The shutters B B, having the rollers Iand staples D, and connected with the bearing-rod H by means of thestaples G and the said rod H, in combination with the actuating-levers0, having their fulcrums in the weather-plate K, all constructed andoperatiu substantially as herein set forth.

SYLVESTER KENNEDY.

\Vitnesses:

Geo. ltlcNaee, KATE K. DICNABB.

